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Hook-and-loop fasteners, commonly known as Velcro (a genericized trademark), hook-and-pile fasteners or touch fasteners are versatile fastening devices that allow two surfaces to be repeatedly attached and detached with ease. Invented in the mid-20th century, they are widely used in clothing, accessories, and various industrial and consumer ...
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The former part doesn't quite make sense; whether you slap the velcro strap plunk down on its destination, or pull the strap in a hairpin curve around a slot (='pulley') back the way it was coming and then slap it down, its try-to-come-off-resistance is going to be along the plane of the two (mated, joined) surfaces. Yeah, it's badly written.
Tang, Velcro, and Teflon were not spun off from technology originally developed by NASA for spaceflight, though many other products (such as memory foam and space blankets) were. [22] [23] The Sun is not yellow; rather, it emits light across the full spectrum of visible colors, and this combined light appears white when outside of Earth's ...
Average mortgage rates for popular 30-year fixed terms are relatively flat while shorter 15-year fixed terms tick up as of Wednesday, January 8, 2025, elevated to their highest levels in six months.
The San Francisco 49ers’ running back problems aren’t getting any better. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Monday that Isaac Guerendo sustained a foot sprain in Sunday’s 38-13 win ...
Illustration from 1908 Chambers's Twentieth Century. Toggle, n. (naut.) a short bar of wood, tapering from the middle towards each end, placed in an eye at the end of a rope, to keep the end from passing through a loop or knot. Toggles are stick-like, with a cord attached at the center. They are passed endways through a hole and then rotated ...
In 70 games with the Giants, Jones completed 64.1% of his passes for 208.8 yards per game with 70 touchdowns and 47 interceptions. He fumbled the ball 50 times.